Mountains of Sin

Mountains of Sin

“The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.” (Song of Solomon 2:8)

Sin looms before us a great mountain which no man can scale alone. It is in a range of its own, and becomes too great a challenge for us to conquer. As men seek to climb Mt. Everest, and other mighty mountains, sin remains undaunted and stands as a mountain, unscaled by mortal man. A true mountain climber plans for his excursion; he knows what he needs to survive and conquer the mount, but he still must face many obstacles and setbacks on his way up. Mt. Everest is an easy climb compared to the mountain of sin that we all must face; we are ill-prepared for such a climb. Will we then hang our heads in defeat? Will we abandon the chore of scaling that mighty mountain? Will we run from the foothills before we face the real mountain? If so, let us run to Jesus for He will conquer the mountain on our behalf.
Our mountains are made low to the Lord; He can, and will conquer all. He will come “skipping upon the hills” as if they are nothing, and seek us out as His “beloved”. There is no mountain high enough to discourage our Lord, for he is the Mighty One. Sin must flee before Him, and death will be “swallowed up in victory”, only Jesus can conquer our sin and death; we are weak and frail, and have no chance of victory without Him, but when he leaps upon the mountaintops, it is for the joy He has in us--the love He has for us.